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Spots from the heartland

Bill Stampe and Cinepost Films don’t spend all their time watching the endless prairie landscape. Production for the Saskatchewan company, is in high gear….

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Scott Hamilton: witness to human atrocity

Nova Scotia’s Scott Hamilton has guts of steel. From work in the morgue to assisting police with evidence collection, the young effects-master has experienced the dark side of human nature. The self-taught Hamilton brings a bevy of gruesome experience to his…

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Jet, Lux a Go

Montreal-based commercial production house Jet Films and long-form producer Lux Films have banded together to create a new feature film production entity, Go Films….

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KangaGraph: ultra-fast data transfer

It’s hours before the deadline. As usual, the client has changes. What else is new? The sign-off ballet goes to intermission again, as you wait for changes being ping-ponged between Toronto and Vancouver….

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Massey, Wellington change shops

From Blink Pictures to m.e.a.t. and back again, David Wellington is a director on the move. Adam Massey, shuffling as well, has moved from The Players Film Company to m.e.a.t….

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Voodoo takes Mobius, adds five directors

Someone took all the pins out of Martial Vincent’s voodoo doll. Now, curse-free and cruising, Voodoo Arts is establishing itself as a choice destination for u.s. and Canadian productions alike….

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Coping with a changing industry

In an industry with many angles, the Canadian Film and Television Production Association covers a wide spectrum of issues. Providing government and industrial relations as well as member services, the cftpa works to maintain the bridge between government regulators and the…

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Players turns 10, looks global

The Players Film Company turns 10 on Feb. 7. To celebrate, it has announced additions to its ever-expanding roster of directors and affiliated organizations. Fresh deals with Go Films and Villains, two u.s.-based commercial houses, have Players moving into the millennium…

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NewNew allies with MacGuffin

Toronto’s NewNew Films and u.s.-based MacGuffin Films (New York and Los Angeles), kicked off the millennium by forming a new association. Since Jan. 1, NewNew has provided Canadian representation for three of MacGuffin’s commercial directors: Christopher Bean, Ed Bianchi and Julian…

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Shake & Bake is in the bag

Question: What do you get when you put 15 chickens, a piglet and a hog in the hands of director Carl Harvey?…

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Wasaga

Director/producer/scriptwriter: Judith Doyle…

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Fantasy eclat voluptuary hedonism

or Mark Breslin’s Friday Night!…